Elements of Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical: Adapted to the Use of Schols, and to Private Study (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Elements of Arithmetic, Theoretical and Practical: Adapted to the Use of Schols, and to Private Study

Arithmetic contains the first elements of rea soning upon quantity its principles take their rise in ideas so simple as to be adapted to the most nu tutored mind, and to the lowest capacity. It is at the same time so indispensable for every human being, not only in common life, but in the pursuits of the highest sciences, that it forms the most pro per, and has always formed one...